Linlithgow
Britishnoun
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a town in SE Scotland, in West Lothian: ruined palace, residence of Scottish kings and birthplace of Mary, Queen of Scots. Pop: 13 370 (2001)
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the former name of West Lothian
Example Sentences
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New Sky drama Lockerbie: A Search For Truth will be shown in January, with shooting having taken place in Linlithgow.
From BBC ● Jan. 1, 2025
At the time that did not seem an entirely fanciful hope for the boy from Linlithgow who had grown into a master of the strategically savvy soundbite, and of turning defence into attack.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2024
Prof Ailsa Henderson - one of the boundary commissioners - pointed out that Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross currently has almost 47,000 voters - while Linlithgow and East Falkirk has 88,000.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2021
He’d told a gathering of journalists in a Linlithgow pub, he was “no saint”; during his trial, Salmond’s lawyer admitted his client “could have been a better man.”
From Washington Post ● Jun. 1, 2021
Hawley retreated to Linlithgow, leaving all his baggage, 700 prisoners and seven guns in the enemy’s hands.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various
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